Yadkin County Schools Technology Day


Livebinders – The Knowledge Sharing Place

Introduction:
Livebinders are “online” notebooks that organize and house files and webpage links that can be accessed from the web and shared easily with others. Livebinders used with Smartboards make it easy and quick to access websites for instruction. Livebinders can be used to create your own textbook which can be shared with your students. Students can create livebinders for projects such as a livebinder on a trip to India or a decade. Public Livebinders are also a great source of information .

Browser Recommendations:
I find that Firefox is the easiest browser to use with Livebinders and the Livebinderit Tool.

The Livebinderit Tool makes collecting and organizing webpages and their URLs easy and fast. When you find a webpage you want to keep, you click on the livebinderit tool and it adds the webpage to a new or existing binder without having to open the binder or having to go to the binder shelf.

On school computers Firefox is under the student menu:

Start, student menu, Internet, Internet-firefox

www.livebinders.com


Tools Tab
LiveBinder It Bookmarklet
Add "LiveBinder It" to your browser toolbar so that you can add to your binders while you browse.

How do I install the LiveBinder Bookmarklet on Firefox?
Make sure you select 'View >> toolbars >> bookmarks toolbar' from the 'View' menu
Simply drag the Livebinder bookmarklet up to your toolbar. That's it!


How do I install the LiveBinder Bookmarklet on Internet Explorer?
You must turn off your pop-up blocker to use "LiveBinder It" with IE. School Computers usually have the pop-up blocker turned off. New laptops may need the pop-up blocker turned off – Look for Gear Cog in upper right hand area of page, Internet Tools, Options, Privacy


Right click on livebinderit button on Livebinderittool page and select 'Add to Favorites'

Select 'yes' for Security question

Under 'Create in' choose 'Favorites Bar'


Click on Livebinderit Button takes you directly to Sign Up and Login Page



Create an account

For user name, consider if you want people to be able to find you by your name. If so use your professional name.



Your First Binder – Binder with helpful information about using Livebinders -

Tutorials, examples of Teacher and Student Binders, Tips and Tricks



Create Your Own Binders



Start browsing the web on a topic you could use in a class. Find a link you want to save, then click on the 'LiveBinder It' to automatically add the link to a new binder. Choose Add to new binder. Makes the binder private unless you want binders to be public. Let the numbers count down to zero, after you see “It’s been added,” then click close.



Repeat and create another new binder on a different topic.



Add webpages to each of the binders by choosing the appropriate name of the binder.



You can add the webpage as a subtab under a tab to organize webpages within the binder.



Try the link near the bottom of the page: Click to Edit “Name of the Binder.” Edit your binder properties at the bottom to include your name as the author. Click on a tab to re-title tabs and make subtabs

Navigation Tips:

Click on your user name or your name in bold to go to your binder home page.

My binders houses all your binders.

You can organize your binders into shelves by “Start a Blank Shelf”

There are different view options for binders and for “My binders” page. The present view within a binder makes presentations easier. The shelf view helps you jump to specific binders.



Explore - Learn More Tab

Tutorials, Top Ten Binders, Help

Explore public binders by searching for topics of interest or by following subject topics